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CHAPTER 2. The Council with the Munchkins

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She was awakened by a shock, so sudden and severe that if Dorothy had not been lying

on the soft bed she might have been hurt.

As it was, the jar made her catch her breath and wonder what had happened; and

Toto put his cold little nose into her face and whined dismally.

Dorothy sat up and noticed that the house was not moving; nor was it dark, for the

bright sunshine came in at the window, flooding the little room.

She sprang from her bed and with Toto at her heels ran and opened the door.

The little girl gave a cry of amazement and looked about her, her eyes growing bigger

and bigger at the wonderful sights she saw.

The cyclone had set the house down very gently--for a cyclone--in the midst of a

There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and

Banks of gorgeous flowers were on every hand, and birds with rare and brilliant

plumage sang and fluttered in the trees and bushes.

A little way off was a small brook, rushing and sparkling along between green banks,

and murmuring in a voice very grateful to a little girl who had lived so long on the

While she stood looking eagerly at the strange and beautiful sights, she noticed

coming toward her a group of the queerest people she had ever seen.

They were not as big as the grown folk she had always been used to; but neither were

In fact, they seemed about as tall as Dorothy, who was a well-grown child for her

age, although they were, so far as looks go, many years older.

Three were men and one a woman, and all were oddly dressed.

They wore round hats that rose to a small point a foot above their heads, with little

bells around the brims that tinkled sweetly as they moved.

The hats of the men were blue; the little woman's hat was white, and she wore a white

gown that hung in pleats from her shoulders.

Over it were sprinkled little stars that glistened in the sun like diamonds.

The men were dressed in blue, of the same shade as their hats, and wore well-polished

boots with a deep roll of blue at the tops.

The men, Dorothy thought, were about as old as Uncle Henry, for two of them had beards.

But the little woman was doubtless much older.

Her face was covered with wrinkles, her hair was nearly white, and she walked

When these people drew near the house where Dorothy was standing in the doorway, they

paused and whispered among themselves, as if afraid to come farther.

But the little old woman walked up to Dorothy, made a low bow and said, in a

sweet voice: "You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to

We are so grateful to you for having killed the Wicked Witch of the East, and for

setting our people free from bondage." Dorothy listened to this speech with

What could the little woman possibly mean by calling her a sorceress, and saying she

Dorothy was an innocent, harmless little girl, who had been carried by a cyclone

many miles from home; and she had never killed anything in all her life.

But the little woman evidently expected her to answer; so Dorothy said, with

hesitation, "You are very kind, but there must be some mistake.

"Your house did, anyway," replied the little old woman, with a laugh, "and that

is the same thing. See!" she continued, pointing to the corner

"There are her two feet, still sticking out from under a block of wood."

Dorothy looked, and gave a little cry of fright.

There, indeed, just under the corner of the great beam the house rested on, two feet

were sticking out, shod in silver shoes with pointed toes.

Oh, dear!" cried Dorothy, clasping her hands together in dismay.

"The house must have fallen on her. Whatever shall we do?"

"There is nothing to be done," said the little woman calmly.

"But who was she?" asked Dorothy. "She was the Wicked Witch of the East, as I

"She has held all the Munchkins in bondage for many years, making them slave for her

night and day. Now they are all set free, and are grateful

"Who are the Munchkins?" inquired Dorothy. "They are the people who live in this land

of the East where the Wicked Witch ruled." "Are you a Munchkin?" asked Dorothy.

"No, but I am their friend, although I live in the land of the North.

When they saw the Witch of the East was dead the Munchkins sent a swift messenger

I am the Witch of the North." "Oh, gracious!" cried Dorothy.

"Are you a real witch?" "Yes, indeed," answered the little woman.

"But I am a good witch, and the people love me.

I am not as powerful as the Wicked Witch was who ruled here, or I should have set

"But I thought all witches were wicked," said the girl, who was half frightened at

facing a real witch. "Oh, no, that is a great mistake.

There were only four witches in all the Land of Oz, and two of them, those who live

in the North and the South, are good witches.

I know this is true, for I am one of them myself, and cannot be mistaken.

Those who dwelt in the East and the West were, indeed, wicked witches; but now that

you have killed one of them, there is but one Wicked Witch in all the Land of Oz--the

"But," said Dorothy, after a moment's thought, "Aunt Em has told me that the

witches were all dead--years and years ago."

"Who is Aunt Em?" inquired the little old woman.

"She is my aunt who lives in Kansas, where I came from."

The Witch of the North seemed to think for a time, with her head bowed and her eyes

Then she looked up and said, "I do not know where Kansas is, for I have never heard

that country mentioned before. But tell me, is it a civilized country?"

"Then that accounts for it. In the civilized countries I believe there

are no witches left, nor wizards, nor sorceresses, nor magicians.

But, you see, the Land of Oz has never been civilized, for we are cut off from all the

rest of the world. Therefore we still have witches and wizards

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第02章 - L.弗蘭克-鮑姆的《綠野仙蹤》--與芒奇金人的議會。 (Chapter 02 - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum - The Council with the Munchkins)

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